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Metal Testing Equipment
NextGen offers a full scope of plastic testing equipment including hardness testing and abrasion testing systems in North America.
Cement & Concrete Testing Equipment
NextGen offers a full scope of cement testing equipment including mortar mixers, curing chambers, vicat and blaine apparatus and more in North America.
Plastic Testing Equipment
NextGen offers a full scope of plastic testing equipment including hardness testing and abrasion testing systems in North America.
Soil Mechanics Testing Equipment
NextGen offers a full scope of soil testing equipment including triaxial systems, oedometers, vane apparatus and more in North America.
Rubber Testing Equipment
NextGen offers a full scope of rubber testing equipment including hardness testing and abrasion testing systems in North America.
Rock Mechanics Testing Equipment
NextGen offers a full scope of rock testing equipment including rock core grinders, index apparatus, masonry saws and more in North America.
Professional Business References
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Kim Riehman
Quality Assurance Manager Ward Manufacturing Company
We ordered a free hardness test block as part of Nextgen’s promotion and received two within a week, so we got a nice bonus. The test blocks were nicely packaged and with a full calibration cert so NextGen’s service was excellent. ...
Gasides Rattanamanoch
Overseas Purchasing Staff VISAVAKIT PATANA CORP., LTD.
NextGen works very effeciently. The deliveries were very punctual. We bought the test bars for two shipments none of them were delayed. For the second shipment, the staff assisted me in booking the materials as well as rechecking with me for packing preference. All and all, the staff provided very i...
John T.
Civil Engineer US Military Corps of Engineers
We purchased a core grinder from NextGen. The unit is very high quality and super easy to train on. The machine meets our current and expanding grinding needs based on the corresponding ASTM standard. We are now looking to upgrade our metallographic line up with NextGen. ...
Dragana S.
Laboratory Manager Heroux Devtek
We equipped our entire laboratory with NextGen’s product line up. GenCut – Abrasive and Precision Cutters, GenGrind SA-IC – Semi-automatic polisher and grinder, GenPress MFA- fully automatic mounting press, GenGrind Belt BT – table top bench grinder and NG1000 CCD – Vic...
Michael Chen
Quality Department University of Western New England
I just recently purchased an NG1000 CCD tester for my quality testing lab. George, in sales, helped me to locate the correct tester for my needs and provided me with the necessary quotation. I compared prices for similar equipment and found NextGen to be very reasonable.They gave me a good price on ...
Robert Duncan
Senior Quality Engineer Norma Group
Good pricing. Responsive in the quoting process. Prompt support for issues. ...
Sam Barniz
Engineering Department MSI Inc.
NextGen Material Testing, Inc. customer service is awesome. Everyone is very welcoming and friendly. We have been fortunate to have had very good experiences in this domain over the years but these guys are the tops! They provide quality equipment at a good price. Meticulous, professional, detail or...
Mike P
Quality Control Manager Emerson Electric
Excellent customer service! The guys and girls at the after-sales support are very helpful and return my calls and e-mails right away to answer my questions. The equipment also came earlier than the estimated lead time and the prices for the same quality was lower than the 4 other companies we compa...
Dany Racine
Quality Control Engineer University of Quebec
We bought a Micro Vickers with image analysis and it’s fine. Good seller, good products, good price and good support. We can not ask for more!(Original) Nous avons acheté un micro Vickers avec analyse d’image et il va trés bien. Bon vendeur, bon produits, bon prix e...
Juan Jose Marin Bejarano
Quality Control Manager Bradken Metallurgical
Excellent Customer service and the equipment is simple enough that you can make your own repairs. Even, if we are at the other side of the country and we broke the machine, we were able to asses and make the repair with their help. Any other company would have asked to send the machine back for repa...
Samantha F
Civil Engineering Department Virginia Tech
We had acquired the Rock Specimen Grinder for our educational facility. The fully automatic rock specimen grinding machine is one of our university’s prides and joys. The unit is very simple to use and works like a charm. Our primary use for the rock core grinder machine is on cubic cores of 2...
Rick Thomas
Polymer and Plastics Division Pacific Gas and Electric
When searching for a Shore A and D durometer system we were needing a combination of a portable shore durometer system and a shore durometer stand for our in lab quality testing on rubber and plastic polymers. Finding accurate Shore A and D durometer system was a priority for our laboratory due to t...
Richard R
Quality Control Engineer Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Brilliant design and ease-of-use. NextGen’s Automatic Vicat Apparatuses are an integral part of our quality testing needs in our cement lab. Precision and simplicity of use are very important to our facility due to various types of engineering teams we have. We purchased the 3 Automatic Vicat ...
Sean K
Quality Control Department Cemex
Fast results and high reliability is how I would summarize this Automatic Blaine apparatus. This purchase from NextGen has been a real joy. This may be the first piece of quality control equipment we had purchased from any manufacturer of quality control equipment that literally gave us no hard time...
Jenny M
Research and Development Coordinator University of Minnesota
Our educational facility has previously dealt with over 10 different vendors for quality testing equipment for our laboratory. NextGen Material Testing, Inc. is a vendor with quality equipment, corporate integrity and exceptional prices to match the available budget for our educational facility. I a...
Jim T
Metallography Laboratory Supervisor Premium Coil
When it comes to technical support, NextGen is like no other equipment provider. We always get a lightning fast responses from their technical staff. These guys are really good at understanding our needs and delivering promptly based on our requests. Customer service was able to track my order and p...
Richard G
Quality Engineer FCP USA
I love the customer service you guys provide. Although it is always nice to have a pleasant voice on the other line, what I appreciate the most are the precise solutions I get by phone and email within minutes of my inquiries. My favorite type of business to deal with is one that combines elements o...
Thomas B
Quality Control Engineer Heat Treating
We had purchased three hardness testers from NextGen Material Testing, for our heat treating plant in Ohio. The machine line up included the macro Vickers hardness testing system, the digital Brinell hardness tester and the digital Rockwell hardness testing systems. Each machine is truly easy to ope...
Emily F.
Quality Purchasing Prince and Izant
Really great customer service! 10 out of 10. ...
Eliseo C.
Senior Engineer City of Edmonton
The product consultant is very helpful with all the questions and verification check with regards to the equipment compliance with the standard test method. ...
Matt W.
Engineering Applied Thermal Technologies
NextGen has provided reliable service throughout the purchase of a new microindentation hardness tester and laboratory consumables. ...
Amy Morgan
Engineering and Purchasing Friends University
The team was fantastic. We were originally going with a different company that we found out was trying to up-sale us. NextGen was honest and helpful in finding us what we needed and getting it to us when we needed it. ...
Timothy S.
Senior Engineer Rosemount, Inc. (Emerson Corporation)
It has been a good experience, smooth and no issues. ...
Kevin Williams
Quality Control Manager GKN Automotive
I am really satisfied with the level of support. It included detailed communication and videos for extra detail. ...
Livnat
Operator WIPRO GIVON
High quality certified test blocks and excellent customer service. ...
Anthony
Operational Manager Hoek Iron
Highly competitive pricing for high-end equipment. ...
Caitlyn Frankum
Laboratory Quality Manager Parker Hannifin Corporation
Thank you so much for your support! We are very happy with the instrument. It is the easiest and most reliable piece we have. ...
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